Not for the first time, he wished he commanded a highly trained bunch of soldiers instead of a ragtag mob of rejects in varying stages of alcoholism.

Poison." he said, deadpan. "That's an unusual name to give your child. You must love her very much." She's a treasure." Bram agreed, blithely ignoing the sarcasm. .... Then went a few dozen feet in silence, until they were out of eaarshor of the gaurd. She's a treasure." Poison mimicked, and Bram burst out laughing.

On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.

If there was one thing worse than being cheated, it was being cheated by someone who referred to themselves in the third person.

Some of us are born in the right place, and some of us have to go look for it.

Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison.

Things just seem so much better in theory than in practice.